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the reason for the season
December 20, 2007
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Music Bio – Dale McGowan
Laney’s List – A Classical Toe-Dip
Books by Dale McGowan
Concert Program Notes by Dale McGowan
Music index for ‘The Deep Playlist of Generation Z”
Episode playlist for ‘Yeah, but Why THOSE 4 Chords?’
Rock & Pop
Radiohead: What IS that note? ⭐
Radiohead and the Lament Bass ⭐
The (Actual) Evolution of Cool ⭐
Yes, ‘Stairway’ Was Stolen…Just Like Everything Else ⭐
What Happens When “Happy” Goes Minor? ⭐
Isn’t it Iconic? (Nirvana) ⭐
The Long Exile in Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah
The Greatest Mashup Ever: Why it Works
Surfin’ UAE
A Minor Detour to Jethro Tull
Yabbut…Why THOSE Four Chords?
The Fifth Beatle Was a Robot
Classical
The music that broke my heart (Barber’s Adagio) ⭐
THE LIST
1. Chopin and the Chopinuplets
2. And You Thought You Knew Scarlatti
3. Hildegard’s Spooky, Dangerous Little Note
4. The Most Elegant Two Measures in the History of Oh My Gawd (Bach ‘Air’) ⭐
5. Chopin Had Just One Request (Impromptu No. 4)
6. Look, It’s Just Cool (Reich Sextet)
7. What Is It About This Aria? (Delibes, Flower Duet)
8. Ravel in Two Colors (Le Tombeau de Couperin) ⭐
9. Impossible Ravel (Alborada del Gracioso)
10. The Tragic Silence of Lili Boulanger
11. A Velvet Revolution (Debussy, Afternoon of a Faun)
12. Dance of the Atonal Cowboy (Ginastera)
13. Mozart in Eight Sobs (Lacrimosa) ⭐
14. Slow Your Roll (Reich, Electric Counterpoint)
15. A Cricket in the Renaissance (Josquin, El Grillo)
A Minor Detour to Bach
Porn for Music Theoryheads (Amadeus)
The Masterpiece I’ve Never Heard Of
Film & TV
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Greatest Musical Easter Egg Ever ⭐
When Truman Touches the Wall ⭐
Mr. Rogers and that Mind-Blowing Jazz Piano
3 Ways the ‘Office’ Theme IS Michael Scott ⭐
House of Cards: Screw Your Happy Ending
When Film Music is a Mickey Mouse Operation
When the Music Doesn’t Trust You
Yeeeah, Something’s Gonna Harm You – Sweeney Todd
I’m Not Saying Aliens Wrote This House of Cards Cue…
The Real Inspiration for The Simpsons Theme – And No, It’s Not ‘Maria’
Could it Be? Yes It Could! Simpsons Coming, Simpsons Good
Just Enough Theory
Theory Skills Inventory (for prospective students)
1. Overtones: Every note is a chord
2. Pitch: Slicing up infinity
3. Scales! Wait. Come back.
4. Consonance is Nice. Dissonance is Delicious.
5. Home and the Neon Arrow
6. A (Melodic) Minor Detour
7. Harmony is What Happens to the Hero
8. The Hidden Grammar of Music
9. The Long Exile in ‘Hallelujah’ (cadences)
(More to come)
Random Various
The Most Hopeful Music in the World ⭐
On Solving the Musical Mystery of My Life ⭐
Lou Rawls and the Christmas Clams
Friends Don’t Let Friends Clap on 1 and 3
No One Owns the Worst Song in the World
The Pitch Ceiling: You Make It to Break It
Song Breaking Your Heart? It’s (Mostly) Not the Words
The Most Essential Element of Music ⭐
The Case Against the Star-Spangled Banner
The Greatest Christmas Song, in Theory
Why is That iPhone “Don’t Blink” Ad So Damn Cool?
How One Note Turned David Cameron to the Dark Side
Seeing Music
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